Unify TUI slash commands and harden tool inventory responses

src/frontends/tui/commands.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ export type Command =
   | { type: 'reset' }
   | { type: 'help' }
   | { type: 'status' }
+  | { type: 'tools' }
+  | { type: 'research'; task: string }
+  | { type: 'council'; task: string }
   | { type: 'fullscreen' }
   | { type: 'compact' }
   | { type: 'usage' }
@@ -17,6 +20,28 @@ export type Command =
   | { type: 'elevate'; args?: string }
   | { type: 'message'; content: string };
 
+export function isToolInventoryQuery(input: string): boolean {
+  const normalized = input.trim().toLowerCase();
+  if (!normalized) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const hasToolsWord = /\btools?\b/.test(normalized);
+  const hasInventoryIntent = /\b(check|show|list|what|which|available|new|have)\b/.test(normalized);
+  return (
+    normalized.includes('available tools')
+    || normalized.includes('what tools')
+    || normalized.includes('which tools')
+    || normalized.includes('tool list')
+    || normalized.includes('list tools')
+    || normalized.includes('new tools')
+    || normalized.includes('your tools')
+    || normalized.includes('what can you do')
+    || normalized.includes('can you do')
+    || normalized.includes('capabilities')
+    || (hasToolsWord && hasInventoryIntent)
+  );
+}
+
 export function parseCommand(input: string): Command | null {
   const trimmed = input.trim();
   if (!trimmed) {return null;}
@@ -41,6 +66,29 @@ export function parseCommand(input: string): Command | null {
     return { type: 'status' };
   }
 
+  // Tools
+  if (trimmed === '/tools') {
+    return { type: 'tools' };
+  }
+
+  // Research
+  if (trimmed.startsWith('/research ')) {
+    const task = trimmed.slice('/research '.length).trim();
+    return { type: 'research', task };
+  }
+  if (trimmed === '/research') {
+    return { type: 'research', task: '' };
+  }
+
+  // Council
+  if (trimmed.startsWith('/council ')) {
+    const task = trimmed.slice('/council '.length).trim();
+    return { type: 'council', task };
+  }
+  if (trimmed === '/council') {
+    return { type: 'council', task: '' };
+  }
+
   // Fullscreen
   if (trimmed === '/fullscreen' || trimmed === '/fs') {
     return { type: 'fullscreen' };
@@ -157,9 +205,12 @@ export function getHelpText(): string {
   return `
 Commands:
   /help, /?              Show this help
+  /tools                 Show available tools in this session
   /model [name]          Show or switch model tier (local, default, fast, complex)
   /model <tier> <p/m>    Change tier's provider/model (e.g. /model default anthropic/claude-sonnet-4)
   /backend [provider]    Show or switch local backend (ollama, llamacpp)
+  /research <task>       Delegate a task to the configured research agent
+  /council <task>        Run the councils pipeline for a task
   /login [provider]      Authenticate with GitHub, OpenAI, Anthropic, or Z.AI
   /pair                  List pending pairing codes and approved senders
   /pair generate [label] Generate a new DM pairing code
@@ -190,8 +241,11 @@ export type ModelAlias = 'local' | 'default' | 'fast' | 'complex' | 'opus' | 'so
 // List of all slash commands for autocompletion
 export const SLASH_COMMANDS = [
   '/help',
+  '/tools',
   '/model',
   '/backend',
+  '/research',
+  '/council',
   '/reset',
   '/clear',
   '/new',
@@ -217,8 +271,11 @@ export const SLASH_COMMANDS = [
 // Command descriptions for tooltips
 export const COMMAND_TOOLTIPS: Record<string, string> = {
   '/help': 'Show available commands',
+  '/tools': 'Show authoritative runtime tool list for this session',
   '/model': 'Show or switch model (local, default, fast, complex)',
   '/backend': 'Show or switch local backend (ollama, llamacpp)',
+  '/research': 'Delegate a task to the configured research agent',
+  '/council': 'Run the councils pipeline for a task',
   '/reset': 'Clear conversation history',
   '/clear': 'Clear conversation history',
   '/new': 'Start a new conversation',